Senior Accountant

Valmont Industries, Inc. • Omaha, NE

11d • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to support the accounting and financial reporting functions for the North America Coatings Division. This role will be involved in monitoring compliance with policies and procedures for controlling the accounting functions of the North America Coatings Division including accounting systems, internal controls, records, and reports. This position is responsible for preparing and posting journal entries, reconciling general ledger accounts to sub ledgers, identifying accounting process improvements, and producing monthly reconciliations and reports. This position also performs accounting functions pertaining to month-end, quarter-end and year-end closings and provides support and assistance to the accounting staff at each of the North America Coatings locations, which includes researching problems and finding solutions to them.

Requirements

• Bachelor's with 5+ years relevant experience or Associates Degree with 7+ years relevant experience or 10+ years of relevant experience
• 2+ years of general ledger accounting experience including account reconciliations, journal entries, and a basic understanding of internal controls
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Strong analytical, thinking and reasoning skills
• Detail and goal oriented
• Strong initiative and ability to make decisions, take action and solve problems
• Leadership abilities to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions
• Sound judgement skills
• Ability to work in a matrix environment
• Responsible – ability to hold oneself accountable or answerable for one’s conduct

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Business Administration with emphasis on Accounting or Finance
• Strong working knowledge of QAD, OneStream, IFS, VCC Max, Visual Shop, Bloomberg and Blackline Software

Responsibilities

• Preparing and posting journal entries
• Reconciling general ledger accounts to sub ledgers
• Identifying accounting process improvements
• Producing monthly reconciliations and reports
• Performing accounting functions pertaining to month-end, quarter-end and year-end closings
• Providing support and assistance to the accounting staff at each of the North America Coatings locations, which includes researching problems and finding solutions to them
• Ensuring financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, cash flows) are compliant with US GAAP and accurate without exception
• Ensuring adherence to all Valmont financial policies
• Ensuring accurate inventory valuation including periodic cycle counts and valuation in compliance with LIFO, accurate standard costs, accounting for standard cost variances, and inventory reserves compliant with Valmont policy
• Ensuring accurate and timely customer invoicing
• Ensuring revenue recognition in accordance with US GAAP
• Ensuring receivables valuation including maintenance of subledgers, reconciling items and reserves in compliance with policy
• Ensuring warranty accruals, reflective of known and/or expected failures and costs to remediate
• Ensuring expense accruals
• Ensuring payables, accrued liabilities and debt balances
• Ensuring balance sheet reconciliations, including maintaining records of the supporting detail and business activities that validate the balance sheet amount
• Ensuring SOX controls are in place, including ensuring all controls have an owner and are self-tested
• Ensuring all journal entries are properly supported and documented
• Performing statistical analysis to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes to site performance and presenting findings
• Ensuring that proper audit controls are in place and followed
• Maintaining and distributing monthly financial status reports from the Coatings location general managers to Coatings Division senior management
• Monitoring for unusual accounting and reporting issues with Divisional Plant Accountants and North America Coatings Division Controller on a timely basis to ensure proper treatment, consistent application, and adherence to GAAP
• Giving recommendations for continuous improvement of products, processes and services and measurement of same to make efficient use of company resources
• Holding yourself and others accountable for maintaining an ethical and competent work environment through example setting, reporting, and resolution of any ineffective control or unethical conduct
• Assisting in identifying and resolving any intercompany differences that exist between the North America Coatings sites and Corporate as well as other Valmont sites

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Work Life Support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree